The Week in Chess 601 (original) (raw)

THE WEEK IN CHESS 601 15th May 2006 by Mark Crowther

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Mtel Cup 15 games Bosna Sarajevo 51 games 4th Young Stars of the World 30 games Dutch Team Championship playoffs 40 games President’s Cup 54 games First Saturday May 95 games US Masters Hendersonville 162 games St-Petersburg Championship for women 10 games Hollinberger Memorial Indianapolis 25 games LII Nacional Abierto Mexico City 239 games 721 games

1) Introduction

My thanks to Jan Mazuch, Olivier Breisacher, Aggelos Tzermiadianos, Francisco Retamoza, Miklos Orso, Hanon W. Russell, Dimitris Skyrianoglou, Anjo Anjewierden, Lars Magne Andreassen, Kevin Hyde, Frits Agterdenbos, Nicolas Umbach-Bascone, Pat Reynolds, and everyone else who helped with the issue.

The MTel Cup is living up to expectations with lots of fighting chess and the result is still very much in doubt with Gata Kamsky and Viswanathan Anand a point clear of Veselin Topalov and Peter Svidler. This week will also see the start of the Olympiad in Turin. The first round is on Sunday May 21st. But perhaps most important for the future of chess is the 77th FIDE Chess Congress at the finish of the event. In my view Bessel Kok is the most highly qualified man to put himself forward as FIDE President in the time I've been compiling TWIC. The Kirsan Ilyumzhinov presidency has been in effect a continuance of the Florencio Campomanes Presidency. That's been a period of 24 years, Ilyumzhinov has had 11 of those most of which has seen a decline in finance and prestige of the game. I don't believe its even a risk to make a change and I hope it happens, one would at least hope for a fair election, not a repetition of Moscow 1994, but as has been shown being in power in itself seems to grant the sitting President emense advantages in grace and favour. In fact I would have been a good deal more passionate about this but for the rather depressing nature of a number of the previous elections. You can only get your hopes up so many times. Whatever the result, how it is achieved will no doubt tell us a lot about the winner.

Hope you enjoy this issue.

Mark

2) Mtel Masters

The Mtel Masters takes place in Sofia 9th (opening ceremony) - 21st (closing) May 2006.

The first five rounds of the MTel Cup saw 8 of the 15 games end decisively. The regulations whereby draws can only be agreed after three-fold repetition or in sterile positions certainly contributed to that. Gata Kamsky according to rating was supposed to score 3.5/10, instead he started with 3.5/4 and even after his loss to Topalov in round 5 (with black) he's in a strong position. Viswanathan Anand shares the lead with him. He started with 2/2 before losing a drawish looking ending to Kamsky, he recovered immediately in beating Ponomariov and he looks in excellent form. Veselin Topalov started slowly but his demolition of Kamsky in round 5 was impressive and no doubt he will be looking to have a say in the winner of the event. There is a rest day tomorrow before the second half starts.

There was news from the event. Their website reports: (Sofia, May 15, 2006) The manager of the World Champion Veselin Topalov – Silvio Danailov and the Minister of Sport of Azerbaijan Azad Rahimov agreed yesterday on a match for the world title to be held between Topalov and the Azerbaijanian Teimour Radjabov (ELO 2720). All conditions of the World Champion have been accepted and the two sides have signed a memorandum. The match will probably take place in April 2007 in Baku. The award fund will be $ 1,5 million, of which $ 1 million will be for Topalov. According to the rules of FIDE every chess player with ELO over 2700 can challenge the World Champion in a match for the title. Radjabov, currently number 13 in the FIDE ranking will be the next challenger for it if Topalov defends it in the match against Kramnik in September this year in the capital of Kalmykia - Elista.

Official site: http://www.mtelmasters06.com/

Round 1 (May 11, 2006)

Svidler, Peter - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 71 B80 Sicilian Scheveningen Ponomariov, Ruslan - Kamsky, Gata 1/2 64 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed Bacrot, Etienne - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 54 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian

Round 2 (May 12, 2006)

Kamsky, Gata - Bacrot, Etienne 1-0 103 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed Topalov, Veselin - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 36 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed Svidler, Peter - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 43 B90 Sicilian Najdorf Variation

Round 3 (May 13, 2006)

Anand, Viswanathan - Kamsky, Gata 0-1 57 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed Ponomariov, Ruslan - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 66 D45 Anti-Meran Variations Bacrot, Etienne - Svidler, Peter 1/2 32 D85 Gruenfeld Defence

Round 4 (May 14, 2006)

Kamsky, Gata - Svidler, Peter 1-0 24 B83 Sicilian Scheveningen Anand, Viswanathan - Ponomariov, Ruslan 1-0 56 B19 Caro Kann Bacrot, Etienne - Topalov, Veselin 1/2 29 E20 Nimzo Indian

Round 5 (May 15, 2006)

Topalov, Veselin - Kamsky, Gata 1-0 42 D15 Slav Defence Svidler, Peter - Anand, Viswanathan 1/2 38 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed Ponomariov, Ruslan - Bacrot, Etienne 1/2 47 C88 Ruy Lopez Closed

Mtel Masters Sofia BUL (BUL), 11-21 v 2006 cat. XX (2745)

                              1  2  3  4  5  6

1 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2671 ** 1. 0. 1. =. 1. 3.5 2908 2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2803 0. ** 1. =. 1. 1. 3.5 2881 3 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2804 1. 0. ** =. =. =. 2.5 2732 4 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2743 0. =. =. ** 1. =. 2.5 2744 5 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2738 =. 0. =. 0. ** =. 1.5 2596 6 Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2708 0. 0. =. =. =. ** 1.5 2602

3) Bosna Sarajevo

Bosna Sarajevo 2006 takes place in Sarajevo May 7th-16th 2006. The event is a double round robin tournament. Magnus Carlsen, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu and Vladimir Malakhov share the lead going into the final round.

Official site will be: http://www.skbosna.ba

XXXVI Bosnia GM Sarajevo BIH (BIH), 7-16 v 2006 cat. XVII (2659)

                                   1  2  3  4  5  6

1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2646 ** == == 1. == == 5.0 2715 2 Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter g ROM 2695 == ** =. == 11 =0 5.0 2690 3 Malakhov, Vladimir g RUS 2691 == =. ** =1 =0 1= 5.0 2690 4 Predojevic, Borki g BIH 2566 0. == =0 ** 1= =1 4.5 2681 5 Sasikiran, Krishnan g IND 2692 == 00 =1 0= ** 1. 4.0 2608 6 Naiditsch, Arkadij g GER 2664 == =1 0= =0 0. ** 3.5 2574

Round 3 (May 9, 2006)

Carlsen, Magnus - Sasikiran, Krishnan 1/2 37 E12 Queens Indian Petrosian Predojevic, Borki - Malakhov, Vladimir 1/2 25 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo Naiditsch, Arkadij - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1/2 26 B19 Caro Kann

Round 4 (May 10, 2006)

Carlsen, Magnus - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1/2 46 A34 English Symmetrical Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter - Predojevic, Borki 1/2 21 C83 Ruy Lopez Open Sasikiran, Krishnan - Malakhov, Vladimir 1/2 118 D61 Queens Gambit Main Line with 7.Qc2

Round 5 (May 11, 2006)

Malakhov, Vladimir - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1/2 44 B20 Sicilian Wing Gambit Predojevic, Borki - Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 40 B67 Sicilian Rauzer Naiditsch, Arkadij - Sasikiran, Krishnan 0-1 31 C91 Ruy Lopez

Round 6 (May 12, 2006)

Malakhov, Vladimir - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 40 B33 Sicilian Sveshnikov Predojevic, Borki - Naiditsch, Arkadij 1-0 33 B91 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3 Sasikiran, Krishnan - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 0-1 67 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2

Round 7 (May 13, 2006)

Carlsen, Magnus - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1/2 26 B65 Sicilian Rauzer Predojevic, Borki - Sasikiran, Krishnan 1/2 35 C69 Ruy Lopez Exchange Naiditsch, Arkadij - Malakhov, Vladimir 1/2 35 B36 Sicilian Maroczy Bind

Round 8 (May 14, 2006)

Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter - Naiditsch, Arkadij 0-1 58 B86 Sicilian Sozin Attack Malakhov, Vladimir - Predojevic, Borki 1-0 33 C55 Two Knights Defence Sasikiran, Krishnan - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 103 E37 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2

Round 9 (May 15, 2006)

Malakhov, Vladimir - Sasikiran, Krishnan 0-1 55 B20 Sicilian Wing Gambit Predojevic, Borki - Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1/2 13 B14 Caro Kann Panov Naiditsch, Arkadij - Carlsen, Magnus 1/2 58 C68 Ruy Lopez Exchange

XXXVI Bosnia GMB Sarajevo BIH (BIH), 7-16 v 2006 cat. X (2485)

                                 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
  1. Mihalcisin, Adrian g SLO 2534 * = = = = 1 = = . 1 5.0 2583
  2. Jankovic, Alojzije m CRO 2516 = * = = = . = 1 1 = 5.0 2577
  3. Kurajica, Bojan g BIH 2548 = = * = . = 1 = 1 = 5.0 2584
  4. Drasko, Milan g SCG 2504 = = = * = = = . = 1 4.5 2524
  5. Stojanovski, Dejan m MKD 2384 = = . = * = = = = = 4.0 2489
  6. Saric, Ibro m BIH 2476 0 . = = = * = = 1 = 4.0 2482
  7. Milanovic, Danilo m SCG 2513 = = 0 = = = * = = . 3.5 2440
  8. Dizdarevic, Emir g BIH 2492 = 0 = . = = = * = = 3.5 2438
  9. Arapovic, Vitomir m BIH 2411 . 0 0 = = 0 = = * 1 3.0 2401
  10. Jovanic, Ognjen m CRO 2473 0 = = 0 = = . = 0 * 2.5 2342

Round 3 (May 9, 2006)

Kurajica, Bojan - Drasko, Milan 1/2 18 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening Milanovic, Danilo - Mihalcisin, Adrian 1/2 12 D93 Gruenfeld 5.Bf4 Dizdarevic, Emir - Stojanovski, Dejan 1/2 20 A47 Queen's Indian without c2-c4 Arapovic, Vitomir - Saric, Ibro 0-1 46 B51 Sicilian Rossolimo Jovanic, Ognjen - Jankovic, Alojzije 1/2 33 A91 Dutch Classical

Round 4 (May 10, 2006)

Jankovic, Alojzije - Dizdarevic, Emir 1-0 30 D46 Semi-Slav Defence Kurajica, Bojan - Arapovic, Vitomir 1-0 45 E69 King's Indian Fianchetto Drasko, Milan - Mihalcisin, Adrian 1/2 18 D27 QGA Stojanovski, Dejan - Milanovic, Danilo 1/2 25 B01 Centre Counter Saric, Ibro - Jovanic, Ognjen 1/2 20 B14 Caro Kann Panov

Round 5 (May 11, 2006)

Mihalcisin, Adrian - Stojanovski, Dejan 1/2 20 A39 English Symmetrical Milanovic, Danilo - Jankovic, Alojzije 1/2 49 D45 Anti-Meran Variations Dizdarevic, Emir - Saric, Ibro 1/2 21 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3) Arapovic, Vitomir - Drasko, Milan 1/2 14 C01 French Exchange Jovanic, Ognjen - Kurajica, Bojan 1/2 57 E11 Bogo Indian Defence

Round 6 (May 13, 2006)

Jankovic, Alojzije - Mihalcisin, Adrian 1/2 15 A34 English Symmetrical Kurajica, Bojan - Dizdarevic, Emir 1/2 16 C42 Petroff's Defence Drasko, Milan - Stojanovski, Dejan 1/2 13 A46 Queen's Pawn Opening Saric, Ibro - Milanovic, Danilo 1/2 25 B01 Centre Counter Arapovic, Vitomir - Jovanic, Ognjen 1-0 49 B26 Sicilian Closed

Round 7 (May 14, 2006)

Mihalcisin, Adrian - Saric, Ibro 1-0 37 A39 English Symmetrical Stojanovski, Dejan - Jankovic, Alojzije 1/2 40 B67 Sicilian Rauzer Milanovic, Danilo - Kurajica, Bojan 0-1 27 E40 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein Dizdarevic, Emir - Arapovic, Vitomir 1/2 23 A42 Modern Defence Jovanic, Ognjen - Drasko, Milan 0-1 56 E11 Bogo Indian Defence

Round 8 (May 15, 2006)

Kurajica, Bojan - Mihalcisin, Adrian 1/2 15 C84 Ruy Lopez Centre Attack Drasko, Milan - Jankovic, Alojzije 1/2 17 D77 Gruenfeld 3.g3 Saric, Ibro - Stojanovski, Dejan 1/2 18 B36 Sicilian Maroczy Bind Arapovic, Vitomir - Milanovic, Danilo 1/2 10 B30 Sicilian Rossolimo Jovanic, Ognjen - Dizdarevic, Emir 1/2 33 D27 QGA

4) 4th "Young Stars of the World"

The 4th "Young Stars of the World" (Vani Somova Memorial) takes place from the 8th-21st of May 2006 in Kirishi, Russia.

Official site: http://www.somovs-memorial.ru/, further details: http://www.bs-chess.com

4th Young Stars of the World Kirishi RUS (RUS), 9-20 v 2006 cat. IV (2350)

                                      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
  1. Popov, Ivan RUS m RUS 2482 * . . . 1 . 1 . 1 . = 1 4.5 2598
  2. Lintchevski, Daniil f RUS 2414 . * = . 1 . . 1 . = = . 3.5 2496
  3. Safarli, Eltaj f AZE 2417 . = * = . 1 . . . = . 1 3.5 2507
  4. Nepomniachtchi, Ian m RUS 2506 . . = * . = . = . = 1 . 3.0 2433
  5. Tairova, Elena wm RUS 2342 0 0 . . * . 1 . 1 . . 1 3.0 2381
  6. Sjugirov, Sanan f RUS 2412 . . 0 = . * . = . 1 . 1 3.0 2426
  7. Volodin, Aleksandr EST 2352 0 . . . 0 . * 1 . . 1 1 3.0 2356
  8. Onischuk, Vladimir m UKR 2388 . 0 . = . = 0 * 1 . . . 2.0 2316
  9. Hovhannisyan, Robert ARM 2260 0 . . . 0 . . 0 * 1 1 . 2.0 2288
  10. Caruana, Fabiano f ITA 2421 . = = = . 0 . . 0 * . . 1.5 2252
  11. Narayanan, Srinath f IND 2170 = = . 0 . . 0 . 0 . * . 1.0 2162
  12. Kulikov, Alexander RUS RUS 2038 0 . 0 . 0 0 0 . . . . * 0.0

5) Dutch Team Championship playoffs

The Dutch Team Championship playoffs took place May 13th-14th 2006. U-Boat Worx (Breda) took the title by beating HSG (Hilversum) 6-3.

Official site: http://www.esgoo.nl/plof2006/

Semi-Final: Saturday 13th May 2006

SO Rotterdam - HSG

+---+-----------------------------+----------------------------------+-----+ | |SO Rotterdam |HSG (Hilversum) |2 - 8| +---+-----------------------------+----------------------------------+-----+ |1. |Jeroen Bosch (IM, 2465) |Loek van Wely (GM, 2655) |0-1 | +---+-----------------------------+----------------------------------+-----+ |2. |Luc Winants (GM, 2530, BEL) |Yasser Seirawan (GM, 2635, USA) |½-½ | +---+-----------------------------+----------------------------------+-----+ |3. |Dimitri Reinderman (GM, 2493)|Erwin l'Ami (GM, 2565) |½-½ | +---+-----------------------------+----------------------------------+-----+ |4. |Karel van der Weide (GM, |Daniel Stellwagen (GM, 2543) |0-1 | | |2482) | | | +---+-----------------------------+----------------------------------+-----+ |5. |Maarten Solleveld (IM, 2471) |Predrag Nikolic (GM, 2596, BIH) |1-0 | +---+-----------------------------+----------------------------------+-----+ |6. |Bruno Carlier (IM, 2462) |Jan Smeets (GM, 2535) |0-1 | +---+-----------------------------+----------------------------------+-----+ |7. |Martin Martens (IM, 2414) |Ljubomir Ljubojevic (GM, 2565, |0-1 | | | |SCG) | | +---+-----------------------------+----------------------------------+-----+ |8. |Zhao Qin Peng (GM, 2395) |Friso Nijboer (GM, 2584) |0-1 | +---+-----------------------------+----------------------------------+-----+ |9. |Cemil Gulbas (FM, 2362, BEL) |Ian Rogers (GM, 2564, AUS) |0-1 | +---+-----------------------------+----------------------------------+-----+ |10.|Frenk van Harreveld (FM, |Dennis de Vreugt (GM, 2429) |0-1 | | |2262) | | | +---+-----------------------------+----------------------------------+-----+

U-Boat Worx - hotels.nl

+---+--------------------------------+-------------------------------+-----+ | |U-Boat Worx (Breda) |hotels.nl (Groningen) |7 - 3| +---+--------------------------------+-------------------------------+-----+ |1. |Michael Adams (GM, 2720, ENG) |Konstantin Landa (GM, 2600, |½-½ | | | |RUS) | | +---+--------------------------------+-------------------------------+-----+ |2. |Ivan Sokolov (GM, 2676) |David Baramidze (GM, 2545, GER)|½-½ | +---+--------------------------------+-------------------------------+-----+ |3. |Mikhail Gurevich (GM, 2643, TUR)|Jan Werle (GM, 2529) |1-0 | +---+--------------------------------+-------------------------------+-----+ |4. |Jan Timman (GM, 2616) |Yge Visser (IM, 2480) |0-1 | +---+--------------------------------+-------------------------------+-----+ |5. |Erik van den Doel (GM, 2579) |Harmen Jonkman (GM, 2454) |1-0 | +---+--------------------------------+-------------------------------+-----+ |6. |Joel Lautier (GM, 2682, FRA) |Gert Ligterink (IM, 2418) |0-1 | +---+--------------------------------+-------------------------------+-----+ |7. |Vladimir Chuchelov (GM, 2538, |Tea Bosboom-Lanchava (IM, 2380)|1-0 | | |BEL) | | | +---+--------------------------------+-------------------------------+-----+ |8. |Sergei Movsesian (GM, 2618, SVK)|Erik Hoeksema (IM, 2387) |1-0 | +---+--------------------------------+-------------------------------+-----+ |9. |Michail Feygin (IM, 2482, GER) |Daan Brandenburg (2376) |1-0 | +---+--------------------------------+-------------------------------+-----+ |10.|Ivan Cheparinov (GM, 2635, BUL) |Frits Rietman (2175) |1-0 | +---+--------------------------------+-------------------------------+-----+ Final: Sunday 14th May 2006

HSG - U-Boat Worx

+---+-------------------------------+------------------------------+-------+ | |HSG (Hilversum) |U-Boat Worx (Breda) |3,0-6,0| +---+-------------------------------+------------------------------+-------+ |1. |Yasser Seirawan (GM, 2635, USA)|Ivan Cheparinov (GM, 2635, |½-½ | | | |BUL) | | +---+-------------------------------+------------------------------+-------+ |2. |Loek van Wely (GM, 2655) |Joel Lautier (GM, 2682, FRA) |1-0 | +---+-------------------------------+------------------------------+-------+ |3. |Predrag Nikolic (GM, 2596, BIH)|Michael Adams (GM, 2720, ENG) |½-½ | +---+-------------------------------+------------------------------+-------+ |4. |Jan Smeets (GM, 2535) |Ivan Sokolov (GM, 2676) |0-1 | +---+-------------------------------+------------------------------+-------+ |5. |Ljubomir Ljubojevic (GM, 2565, |Mikhail Gurevich (GM, 2643, |0-1 | | |SCG) |TUR) | | +---+-------------------------------+------------------------------+-------+ |6. |Friso Nijboer (GM, 2584) |Jan Timman (GM, 2616) |½-½ | +---+-------------------------------+------------------------------+-------+ |7. |Erwin l'Ami (GM, 2565) |Erik van den Doel (GM, 2579) |½-½ | +---+-------------------------------+------------------------------+-------+ |8. |Daniel Stellwagen (GM, 2543) |Vladimir Chuchelov (GM, 2538, |½-½ | | | |BEL) | | +---+-------------------------------+------------------------------+-------+ |9. |Ian Rogers (GM, 2564, AUS) |Laurent Fressinet (GM, 2633, |0-1 | | | |FRA) | | +---+-------------------------------+------------------------------+-------+ |10.|Ruud Janssen (IM, 2499) |Sergei Movsesian (GM, 2618, |0-1 | | | |SVK) | | +---+-------------------------------+------------------------------+-------+

3rd-4th Playoff

hotels.nl - SO Rotterdam

+---+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+ | |hotels.nl (Groningen) |SO Rotterdam |4,5-5,5| +---+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+ |1. |Jan Werle (GM, 2529) |Jeroen Bosch (IM, 2465) |½-½ | +---+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+ |2. |Yge Visser (IM, 2480) |Frenk van Harreveld (FM, |1-0 | | | |2262) | | +---+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+ |3. |Konstantin Landa (GM, 2600, RUS)|Dimitri Reinderman (GM, 2493)|½-½ | +---+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+ |4. |David Baramidze (GM, 2545, GER) |Luc Winants (GM, 2530, BEL) |½-½ | +---+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+ |5. |Daan Brandenburg (2376) |Maarten Solleveld (IM, 2471) |½-½ | +---+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+ |6. |Erik Hoeksema (IM, 2387) |Bruno Carlier (IM, 2462) |½-½ | +---+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+ |7. |Harmen Jonkman (GM, 2454) |Martin Martens (IM, 2414) |½-½ | +---+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+ |8. |Gert Ligterink (IM, 2418) |Zhao Qin Peng (GM, 2395) |½-½ | +---+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+ |9. |Tea Bosboom-Lanchava (IM, 2380) |Cemil Gulbas (FM, 2362, BEL) |0-1 | +---+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+ |10.|Dimitri van Leent (FM, 2283) |Karel van der Weide (GM, |0-1 | | | |2482) | | +---+--------------------------------+-----------------------------+-------+

6) President’s Cup

The President’s Cup dedicated to the memory of Heydar Aliyev took place in Baku, Azerbaijan 4th-12th May 2006. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won with 7.5/9. Games from rounds 2-5 only are available.

Official site: http://www.chessclub.az/kubok/turnir.htm

Leading Final Standings:

President's Cup Baku AZE (AZE), 3-12 v 2006

  1. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2699 7,5 52,0 47,5 42,5
  2. Malakhatko, Vadim g UKR 2559 6,5 53,5 50,0 45,0
  3. Mamedov, Nidjat m AZE 2519 6,5 52,0 47,5 43,0
  4. Mchedlishvili, Mikheil g GEO 2567 6,5 51,0 46,5 42,0
  5. Gasanov, Eldar m UKR 2432 6,5 45,5 42,0 38,0
  6. Sadvakasov, Darmen g KAZ 2619 6,5 43,5 40,0 36,5
  7. Miroshnichenko, Evgenij g UKR 2608 6,0 50,0 46,0 41,5
  8. Davidov, Samir AZE 2216 6,0 49,0 47,5 42,5
  9. Ibrahimov, Rasul g AZE 2532 6,0 48,5 45,0 41,0
  10. Guseinov, Gadir g AZE 2615 6,0 48,5 44,5 39,5
  11. Korneev, Oleg g RUS 2671 6,0 47,5 44,0 40,0
  12. Sulashvili, Malkhaz m GEO 2420 6,0 47,5 44,0 39,5
  13. Guseinov, Elmir m AZE 2417 6,0 47,0 45,0 40,5
  14. Allahverdiev, Anar m AZE 2434 6,0 46,5 42,5 38,0
  15. Belov, Vladimir g RUS 2599 6,0 46,0 42,5 38,0
  16. Magalashvili, Davit m GEO 2461 6,0 45,5 42,5 38,5
  17. Pantsulaia, Levan g GEO 2611 6,0 42,0 39,0 35,5
  18. Guliev, Logman m AZE 2384 5,5 51,5 48,0 43,5
  19. Babaev, Rashad m AZE 2481 5,5 47,5 44,5 40,0
  20. Akhmedov, Fariz AZE 2211 5,5 46,5 44,5 42,0
  21. Sturua, Zurab g GEO 2524 5,5 46,0 42,0 37,5
  22. Morchiashvili, Bachana GEO 2361 5,5 43,0 39,5 35,5
  23. Kadimova, Ilaha wg AZE 2310 5,5 42,0 39,5 36,0
  24. Abdulov, Orkhan AZE 2231 5,5 39,0 36,0 33,0 82 players

7) First Saturday May

The First Saturday tournaments for May take place 6th-16 May 2006.

Official site: http://www.firstsaturday.hu/

FSGM May Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-16 v 2006 cat. VIII (2432)

                                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
  1. Chernyshov, Konstantin g RUS 2544 * = 1 1 1 = . 1 1 . 6.0 2732
  2. Valdes, Leonardo m CRC 2374 = * = 1 . = 1 = . 1 5.0 2609
  3. Gonda, Laszlo f HUN 2465 0 = * = . 1 = . 1 = 4.0 2490
  4. Landenbergue, Claude m SUI 2435 0 0 = * = . 1 . 1 1 4.0 2475
  5. Seres, Lajos g HUN 2400 0 . . = * 1 0 1 = 1 4.0 2490
  6. Ilincic, Zlatko g SCG 2536 = = 0 . 0 * . = 1 1 3.5 2414
  7. Berczes, David m HUN 2450 . 0 = 0 1 . * = = 1 3.5 2398
  8. Wittmann, Walter m AUT 2372 0 = . . 0 = = * 0 = 2.0 2277
  9. Muranyi, Karl-Jasmin f GER 2385 0 . 0 0 = 0 = 1 * . 2.0 2299
  10. Brinck-Claussen, Bjorn m DEN 2359 . 0 = 0 0 0 0 = . * 1.0 2124

FSIMA May Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-16 v 2006 cat. I (2260)

                                   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
  1. Turzo, Attila m HUN 2352 * . . = 1 = 1 1 . 1 5.0 2523
  2. Galyas, Miklos m HUN 2380 . * = = = . 1 1 . 1 4.5 2416
  3. Bednay, Bence HUN 2169 . = * . = = 1 . 1 1 4.5 2453
  4. Darazs, Zoltan HUN 2227 = = . * = = . = 1 . 3.5 2341
  5. Csapo, Zoltan f HUN 2163 0 = = = * . . 1 1 . 3.5 2324
  6. Werner, Dimo m GER 2333 = . = = . * . 0 1 1 3.5 2311
  7. Kayar, Erdem TUR 2191 0 0 0 . . . * 1 1 1 3.0 2280
  8. Sanchez, Louis f FRA 2284 0 0 . = 0 1 0 * . . 1.5 2081
  9. Adams, Nick A USA 2192 . . 0 0 0 0 0 . * 1 1.0 1958
  10. D'Innocente, Stefano f ITA 2304 0 0 0 . . 0 0 . 0 * 0.0

FSIMB May Budapest HUN (HUN), 6-16 v 2006 cat. I (2266)

                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
  1. Lengyel, Bela m HUN 2313 * = 1 1 . = . = . 1 4.5 2457
  2. Kaufman, Raymond USA 2230 = * = . = = 1 1 . . 4.0 2404
  3. Ignacz, Maria HUN 2228 0 = * . 1 . 1 = 1 . 4.0 2383
  4. Malysheva, Polina wm RUS 2298 0 . . * 1 1 0 = . 1 3.5 2331
  5. Mihok, Oliver HUN 2215 . = 0 0 * 1 . . = 1 3.0 2267
  6. Schneider-Zinner, Harald f AUT 2388 = = . 0 0 * . . 1 1 3.0 2252
  7. Kahn, Evarth m HUN 2289 . 0 0 1 . . * = = 1 3.0 2243
  8. Brustkern, Juergen f GER 2242 = 0 = = . . = * = . 2.5 2213
  9. Farago, Sandor m HUN 2262 . . 0 . = 0 = = * 0 1.5 2067
  10. McDonald-Ross, Michael SCO 2198 0 . . 0 0 0 0 . 1 * 1.0 2021

8) US Masters Hendersonville

The US Masters took place in Hendersonville 11th-19th March 2006. There was a five way tie between Andrey Alekseevich Chumachenko, Giorgi Margvelashvili, Bryan G Smith, Ronald Burnett and Daniel Ludwig. The first named seems to be A Chjumachenko in the FIDE rating list. Reentry was allowed in the event which had a number of schedules.

Details:http://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?200603194051-12829469

US Masters Hendersonville USA (USA), 11-19 iii 2006

  1. Chjumachenko, A f RUS 2320 6.5 2405
  2. Margvelashvili, Giorgi m GEO 2434 6.5 2387
  3. Smith, Bryan G f USA 2379 6.5 2340
  4. Burnett, Ronald m USA 2397 6.5 2390
  5. Ludwig, Daniel USA 2356 6.5 2399
  6. Ardaman, Miles f USA 2330 6.0 2420
  7. Schroer, Jonathan m USA 2350 5.5 2342
  8. Sarkar, Justin m USA 2323 5.5 2396
  9. Simpson, Ronald f USA 2268 5.5 2249
  10. Bereolos, Peter f USA 2307 5.5 2162
  11. Pohl, Klaus A USA 2270 5.5 2173
  12. Privman, Boris f USA 2263 5.0 2189
  13. Cheng, Xiao USA 2239 5.0 2307
  14. Aliev, Timur ISR 2183 5.0 2229
  15. Cao, Tony USA 2104 5.0 2226
  16. Fouts,Matthew A USA ---- 5.0 2282 48 players

9) Moscow vs St Petersburg Match

The traditional Moscow vs St Petersburg Match took place in Moscow May 7th-8th 2006. St-Petersburg beat Moscow 46:34. Couldn't see any games.

Official site: http://www.chessmoscow.ru/ - news in English: http://www.ruschess.com/

Round 1, May 7th 2006 Round 2, May 8th 2006

Men 1 Korotylev A. 2618 - Alekseev E. 2640 1/2,0:1 2 Inarkiev E. 2602 - Popov V. 2587 0:1,0:1 3 Kharitonov An. 2578 - Yevseev D. 2580 1/2 Dreev A. 2673 - Yevseev D. 2580 1:0 4 Grigoriants S. 2568 - Vitiugov N. 2550 0:1,0:1 5 Novikov S. 2545 - Ivanov S. 2534 1/2,1/2 6 Grachev B. 2543 - Lugovoi A. 2531 1:0,1:0 7 Nikolenko O. 2536 - Yemelin V. 2520 1/2,1/2 8 Deviatkin A. 2531 - Ionov S. 2519 1/2,1/2 9 Karpachev A. 2521 - Solozhenkin E. 2508 1/2 Amonatov F. 2569 - Solozhenkin E. 2508 0:1 10 Losev D. 2331 - Anisimov P. 2500 0:1 Ivanov V. 2509 - Anisimov P. 2500 0:1 11 Shorokhov A. 2471 - Novik M. 2490 1/2,1/2 12 Gavrilov A. 2461 - Klimov S. 2481 1:0,1/2 13 Krapivin A. 2458 - Sivokho S. 2469 1/2,0:1 14 Kurenkov N. 2440 - Soloviev S. 2457 1/2,0:1 15 Vulfson V. 2421 - Orlov V. 2450 0:1,1:0 16 Yanturin A. 2415 - Nikolaev N. 2424 0:1,1:0 17 Zaitsev M. 2396 - Zakurdaev M. 2400 1:0,0:1 18 Kalinichev A. 2380 - Kashtanov R. 2376 1/2,1/2 19 Bykhovsky A. 2374 - Ivanov A. 2419 1/2 Dragomaretsky A 2483 - Ivanov A. 2419 0:1 20 Umansky V. 2343 - Lovkov R. 2371 0:1 Dvalishvili P. 2455 - Lovkov R. 2371 0:1 1st round score: 8.5 : 11.5, 2nd round score: 7 : 13

Women 21 Vasilevich I. 2345 - Sudakova I. 2391 0:1,1/2 22 Guseva M. 2319 - Stjazhkina O. 2376 1:0,1/2 23 Fominykh M. 2332 - Molchanova T. 2312 1/2,0:1 24 Charochkina D. 2216 - Sirotkina N. 2277 0:1,1/2 25 Kineva E. 2181 - Solovieva V. 2265 1:0,1:0 1st round score: 2.5 : 2.5 2nd round score: 2.5 : 2.5

Veterans 26 Zaitsev I. 2419 - Karasev V. 2386 0:1,1/2 27 Zilbert O. 2354 - Novikov M. 2343 1:0,1/2 28 Kachar V. 2317 - Turikov V. 2340 0:1,1:0 29 Zhelezny S. 2235 - Dommes V. 2265 1:0,1/2 30 Fatalibekova E. 2277 - Chernova N. 2065 1:0,1:0 1st round score 3 : 2 2nd round score: 3.5:1.5

Boys 31 Konovalov N. 2431 - Lanin A. 2447 0:1,0:1 32 Mozharov M. - Matlakov M. 2410 1/2,0:1 33 Markosian S. 2050 - Shimanov A. 2300 0:1,0:1 34 Dubov D. 2240 - Markevich I. 1/2,0:1 35 Guseinov E. 2128 - Palchun G. 1/2,1:0 1st round score: 1.5:3.5 2nd round score: 1 :4

Girls 36 Prudnikova E. 2184 - Kuzevanova E. 2180 0:1,1/2 37 Ivanova D. 2073 - Bodnaruk V. 2224 0:1,1/2 38 Buzukashvili 1979 - Korchagina V. 1998 1:0,0:1 39 Kiseleva I. - Bazhenova D. 1858 1:0,1:0 40 Grishina I. - Stjazhkina A. 0:1,1/2 1st round score 2 :3 2nd round score: 2.5:2.5

Round 1 Moscow 17.5 : 22.5 St-Petersburg Round 2 Moscow 16.5 : 23.5 St-Petersburg Final Results Moscow 34:46 St-Petersburg

10) Geller Memorial

The Geller Memorial takes place in Moscow 4th-12th May 2006. Farrukh Amonatov won with 8.5/12. It would be nice to get the games. I transliterated the names, some ratings didn't agree with my copy of the April FIDE rating list but I believe I have them correct.

Official site: http://www.chessmoscow.ru/

Final Standings Pl Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3
1 Amonatov, Farrukh g TJK 2569 # = = 1 1 = 1 = = = = 1 1 8,5 2 Afromeev, Vladimir f RUS 2558 = # = = = = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 8 3 Vorobiov, Evgeny E. g RUS 2540 = = # = = = = 1 = = 1 = 1 7,5 4 Khruschiov, Alexey m MDA 2408 0 = = # = = = = = 1 1 1 1 7,5 5 Gabrielian, Artur m RUS 2520 0 = = = # = = 1 = = 1 0 1 6,5 6 Castaneda, Georgui m PER 2451 = = = = = # 0 = = = 1 = = 6 Dvalishvili, Pavel S. f RUS 2455 0 0 = = = 1 # = = 1 = = = 6 8 Glek, Igor V. g GER 2560 = = 0 = 0 = = # = 1 = = = 5,5 Rychagov, Andrey m RUS 2542 = = = = = = = = # 0 = = = 5,5 10 Novikov, Maxim g RUS 2489 = 0 = 0 = = 0 0 1 # 0 1 1 5 Sambuev, Bator m RUS 2489 = = 0 0 0 0 = = = 1 # 1 = 5 12 Saulin, Dmitri m RUS 2471 0 0 = 0 1 = = = = 0 0 # = 4 13 Granovski, Aleksandar m KAZ 2372 0 0 0 0 0 = = = = 0 = = # 3

11) St-Petersburg Championship for women

The Championship of St-Petersburg for women takes place 13th-23rd May 2006. Time control: 1.5 hour/40 moves + 15 min. till the end of the game, the increment is 30 sec. per move from the first.

Official site: http://www.ruschess.com/

ch-St Petersburg w St Petersburg RUS (RUS), 13-21 v 2006cat. II (2288)

                                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
  1. Kirillova, Varvara wf RUS 2225 * . . 1 . . . 1 . . 2.0
  2. Molchanova, Tatjana wm RUS 2312 . * . . 1 . . . 1 . 2.0
  3. Sirotkina, Nina wm RUS 2277 . . * . . . = . . 1 1.5 2484
  4. Gromova, Iulia RUS 2195 0 . . * . 1 . . . . 1.0 2214
  5. Solovjova, Valentina wf RUS 2265 . 0 . . * . 1 . . . 1.0 2251
  6. Lupik, Marina RUS 2204 . . . 0 . * . . . 1 1.0 2293
  7. Bystryakova, Elena V wm RUS 2191 . . = . 0 . * . . . 0.5 2078
  8. Korbut, Ekaterina wg RUS 2442 0 . . . . . . * = . 0.5 2107
  9. Stjazhkina, Olga wg RUS 2376 . 0 . . . . . = * . 0.5 2184
  10. Sudakova, Irina wg RUS 2391 . . 0 . . 0 . . . * 0.0

12) Hollinberger Memorial Indianapolis

The Hollinberger Memorial took place in Indianapolis 12th-14th May 2006. Jan Van de Mortel and Calvin Blocker finished on 3.5/5. Games from round 5 missing, and round 2 may be incomplete.

Official site: http://www.circlecitychess.org

Hollinberger Mem Indianapolis USA (USA), 12-14 v 2006

                                       1   2   3   4   5
  1. Van de Mortel, Jan f NED 2412 + 8 + 6 = 4 = 2 = 3 3.5 2508
  2. Blocker, Calvin m USA 2390 = 6 = 3 + 9 = 1 + 4 3.5 2518
  3. Goldin, Alexander g USA 2587 = 5 = 2 + 7 = 4 = 1 3.0 2416
  4. Margvelashvili, Giorgi m GEO 2441 + 9 + 7 = 1 = 3 - 2 3.0 2447
  5. Stauffer, Craig A USA 2156 = 3 - 9 +10 + 8 = 6 3.0 2297
  6. Dean, Jim H f USA 2243 = 2 - 1 = 8 +10 = 5 2.5 2218
  7. Cole, John W USA 2323 +10 - 4 - 3 + 9 = 8 2.5 2265
  8. Cates, James Step USA 2134 - 1 +10 = 6 - 5 = 7 2.0 2154
  9. Mills, James A USA 2163 - 4 + 5 - 2 - 7 -10 1.0 2022
  10. Fouts,Matthew USA ---- - 7 - 8 - 5 - 6 + 9 1.0 1963

13) LII Nacional Abierto Mexico City

The LII Nacional Abierto took place in Mexico City 11th-16th April 2006. Guiller Dominguez Aguilar edged out three other players on tie-break after they all finished on 7.5/9. Whilst processing the games I noticed that the Mexican FIDE rating list is a complete mess with the punctuation comma incorrectly coming after the first part of a double barreled name in many cases. News: Francisco Retamoza.

Further details:http://www.abiertomexicanodeajedrez.com/pareo.html or http://www.abiertomexicanodeajedrez.com/

LII Nacional Abierto Mexico City MEX (MEX), 11-16 iv 2006

1 Dominguez Aguilar, Guiller FM 7.5 MEX 53.0 42.0 2347 2555 +2.12 41.0 42.0 2 Huerta, Dayron FM 7.5 CUB 52.5 41.5 2291 2565 +3.10 41.0 42.0 3 Leon Hoyos, Manuel IM 7.5 MEX 51.0 40.25 2428 2570 +1.56 38.5 39.0 4 Mitkov, Nikola GM 7.5 MKD 53.0 43.5 2561 2537 -0.11 37.0 41.5 5 Hernandez, Gilberto GM 7.0 MEX 58.0 43.75 2530 2503 -0.17 38.5 46.0 6 Estrada Nieto, Julian IM 7.0 MEX 50.0 36.5 2370 2452 +0.94 36.5 39.5 7 Huerta, Soris Ramon 7.0 FID 50.5 39.0 2322 2423 +1.08 35.5 39.0 8 Almeida Saenz, Alfonso IM 7.0 MEX 49.0 38.75 2400 2422 +0.26 34.5 38.0 9 Hernandez, Eduardo FM 7.0 MEX 49.0 36.0 2344 2382 +0.52 34.0 37.5 10 Espinosa, Rafael IM 7.0 MEX 43.0 32.5 2380 2354 -0.16 33.5 33.5 11 Martin Del Campo, Roberto IM 6.5 MEX 52.5 34.5 2453 2454 +0.21 37.0 41.5 12 Alford, Jason FM 6.5 MEX 51.5 33.25 2266 2416 +1.58 35.5 40.5 13 Rodriguez, Quintana David 6.5 MEX 50.0 32.25 2292 2361 +0.74 33.5 38.5 14 Villarreal, Jose IM 6.5 MEX 49.5 35.25 2362 2301 -0.44 32.5 38.5 15 Gonzalez Garcia, Jose IM 6.5 MEX 49.5 34.25 2494 2376 -0.99 32.0 38.5 16 Vega, Jorge FM 6.5 MEX 50.0 33.5 2257 2360 +1.20 31.5 39.0 17 Frey, Kenneth IM 6.5 MEX 45.5 32.5 2393 2378 -0.02 29.5 35.5 18 Rueda, Carlos 6.5 MEX 40.5 28.25 2112 2403 +1.49 27.0 31.0 19 Gonzalez, Zamora Juan Carl GM 6.0 MEX 53.0 32.0 2521 2400 -1.11 35.0 41.5 20 Szmetan, Ricardo FM 6.0 BAR 48.5 25.75 2311 2271 -0.24 34.5 38.0 21 Blanco Fernandez, Alvaro FM 6.0 MEX 49.5 30.0 2383 2270 -1.08 34.0 38.0 22 Ibarra Chami, Lius 6.0 MEX 49.5 30.0 2197 2344 +1.37 33.0 40.0 23 Morales, Garcia Sergio J. 6.0 MEX 48.5 30.0 2199 2268 +0.69 32.5 37.5 24 Capo Vidal, Uriel FM 6.0 MEX 46.0 28.5 2357 2262 -0.89 32.0 36.0 25 Juarez Flores, Carlos A. IM 6.0 GUA 49.0 31.25 2381 2273 -1.05 31.5 37.5 26 Escobedo Tinajero, Alberto IM 6.0 MEX 47.0 29.0 2399 2328 -0.46 31.0 37.5 27 Lares, Manuel 6.0 MEX 47.0 28.75 2273 2279 +0.09 30.5 36.5 28 Rivera, Rodriguez Jesus Ca 6.0 MEX 50.5 30.5 2097 2324 +2.10 30.5 39.5 29 Zavalza, Ivan 6.0 MEX 44.5 24.5 2182 2196 +0.19 30.0 35.0 30 Altamirano, Gonzalez Yehud 6.0 MEX 45.5 23.75 2077 2237 +1.51 29.0 35.5 31 Beltran Vazquez, Guillermo 6.0 MEX 44.5 26.5 2003 * 2329 +1.00 28.0 37.0 32 Campos Campos, Antonio 6.0 MEX 42.5 27.5 1805 * 2213 +1.00 24.5 32.5 33 Davalos, Abel FM 5.5 MEX 48.0 25.5 2271 2216 -0.54 32.5 36.5 34 Garmendez, Florentino IM 5.5 MEX 51.0 28.75 2305 2296 -0.05 32.0 39.0 35 Contreras, Medina Ruben 5.5 MEX 45.0 26.0 2167 2283 +0.77 31.0 35.5 36 Rios Dominguez, Andres 5.5 MEX 47.0 26.75 2100 * 2339 +0.50 31.0 37.0 37 Hernandez, Yadira WIM 5.5 MEX 49.5 27.5 2225 2242 +0.30 30.5 39.0 38 Reyes Najera, Carlos A. FM 5.5 GUA 45.0 23.0 2170 2196 +0.14 30.0 35.5 39 Ramirez Garcia, Jorge Albe 5.5 MEX 47.5 27.0 2183 2265 +0.63 30.0 36.5 40 Contreras Torres, Javier 5.5 MEX 51.0 29.0 2181 2328 +1.17 29.5 40.0 41 Prenzler, Daniel 5.5 GER 47.5 24.5 2179 2273 +1.02 29.0 37.5 42 Gomez, Juan FM 5.5 MEX 43.0 25.25 2219 2221 +0.08 29.0 33.5 43 Hurtado, Miguel FM 5.5 MEX 41.5 21.75 2255 2297 +0.28 28.5 32.5 44 Carreto Nieto, Geovanni 5.5 MEX 47.0 26.25 2164 2241 +0.79 28.0 37.5 45 Knight, Simon 5.5 ENG 42.5 26.75 1510 * 2245 +1.00 28.0 33.5 46 Gonzalez, Arroyo Lenin 5.5 MEX 47.5 26.5 2126 2318 +1.68 28.0 37.5 47 Mora, Fonz David 5.5 MEX 45.0 26.5 2150 2190 +0.41 27.5 35.5 48 Gonzalez Chavez, Emmanuel 5.5 MEX 45.5 27.25 1841 * 2242 +1.00 27.0 35.5 49 Garcia, Cordero Antonio 5.5 MEX 46.0 23.75 2082 2158 +0.53 27.0 36.0 50 Torres Lopez, Jose 5.5 MEX 45.0 22.0 2150 2217 +0.54 26.5 35.0 51 Cortes, Marco 5.5 MEX 43.5 24.5 1967 2218 +2.62 26.0 35.0 52 Molina Barrera, Gustavo 5.5 MEX 37.5 21.75 2073 2360 +1.46 25.5 29.5 53 Navarrete, Mendez Gonzalo 5.5 MEX 38.0 20.5 2180 2139 -0.20 25.0 29.0 54 Figueroa, Marco 5.5 GUA 39.5 23.75 2214 2165 -0.27 24.5 31.0 55 Vega, Alejandro 5.5 MEX 35.0 22.5 2218 2055 -1.56 23.0 27.5 56 Lazzeri, Santos G. 5.5 MEX 38.0 21.0 2118 2079 -0.28 22.5 29.0 200 players

14) European Women´s Rapid Chess Championship

The European Women´s Rapid Chess Championship - The Znojmo Queen took place 13th-14th May 2006 in the Znojmo town, the Czech Republic. The prize fund was 5.000 EUR. Zuzana Borosova, a young Slovakian woman player, won surprisely among 7 WGMs, 10 WIMs and 11 WFMs. WGM Houska (ENG) was on the top of the tournament during the whole tournament but she lost with WGM Dworakowska (POL) in the last round. Houska was placed as the second and Dworakowska as the third in the end.

Details: http://www.avekont.cz/znojmo

Final ranking:

  1. WFM Borosova (SVK) 7,5/9
  2. WGM Houska (ENG) 7
  3. WGM Dworakowska (POL) 7
  4. WIM Richards (ENG) 7
  5. WFM Szczepkowska (POL) 6
  6. WIM Matras (POL) 6
  7. WGM Foisor (ROM) 6
  8. WGM Richtrova (CZE) 6
  9. WGM Hagarova (SVK) 6
  10. WGM Pokorna (SVK) 6 63 players

15) Burt Hochberg (1933-2006)

Burt Hochberg (1933-2006) Former Chess Life editor Burt Hochberg passed away Saturday, May 13 after a long illness. His tenure at the helm of Chess Life, from 1966-1979, is considered by most to be the Golden Age of American chess journalism. He was active as a chess consultant for publisher David McKay, authored several chess books and was sought out by many publishing houses for his extraordinary editing skills. He will be deeply missed by friends and family. News Hanon W. Russell: http://www.chesscafe.com/

16) Chess Olympiad

The 37th Chess Olympiad takes place 20th May - 4th June 2006. The event includes the FIDE Chess Congress which will see Bessel Kok challenge Kirsan Ilyumzhinov for the FIDE Presidency.

Official site: http://www.chessolympiad-torino2006.org

Frits Agterdenbos Photos

Chess Photographer Frits Agterdenbos is about to launch a website of his photos at: http://www.chessvista.com/. It should be active on Wednesday 17th May. He will be at the Turin Olympiad and his photo reports will be available there.

FIDE Presidential Election Websites

Both Presidential tickets for the upcoming FIDE Elections in Turin now have websites.

FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov:http://www.chessfidelity.com

Bessel Kok: http://www.rightmove06.org

Olympus Riviera Open Greece

The 1st International Open Chess Tournament "Summer Cup 2006" takes place in Olympus Riviera (90 km south of Thessaloniki in Northern Greece) 22nd-30th July 2006. 9 rounds, Prize fund: EUR 3500, 1st prize EUR 1000 Email: cup2006@greekchess.com

Website: http://www.greekchess.com/cup2006

Ikaros Chess Festival

The Ikaros Chess Festival takes place 8th-22nd July 2006. The Ikaros Chess Festival has been held for the last 28 years on Ikaria island, one of the most picturesque and peaceful aegean islands of Greece.

Main event: "Open Aegean Championship" (12th till 20th of July) as well as plenty of other side events such as Junior, Ladies, Veteran, blitz, rapid and simultaneous exhibition events, blindfold chess, chess lectures and many others.

Details: http://www.chess.gr/ikaros/

Karpov - Spassky Match

There will be a match between Karpov and Spassky on May 26th 2006 in Porto-Vecchio.

Official site: http://www.opencorsica.com/

French Team Championship

The final four rounds of the French Team Top 16 Championship took place 4th-7th May 2006 in Asnières-sur-Seine. NAO Chess Club again won the title three points clear of Monaco who they defeated in the final round. Games from the final two rounds are not yet available (apart from the Monaco - NAO match) if anyone has them I'd be grateful.

Further details: http://www.echecs.asso.fr,http://www.europe-echecs.com/ andhttp://www.nao-cc.com

Midnight Sun Chess Challenge

The Midnight Sun Chess Challenge takes place in Tromsø, Norway June 24th - July 2nd 2006.

Details: http://www.midnightsunchess.org/english/index.htm

XXIV Andorra Open

The XXIV International Chess Open of Andorra takes place 8th-16th July 2006.

Official site: http://www.feva.ad

12th Annual Bray Rapidplay

The 12th Annual Bray Rapidplay takes place Sunday June 18 2006 Esplanade Hotel Strand Rd Bray 6-round Swiss, rounds 1-2 accelerated Registration 9-10am Rd1 10.15 sharp Time control 25 0 all moves

FIDE Rapidplay rules apply Entry Euros30: Euros25 if prepaid by June 9 Prizes Euros 700 400 250 150 1-2-3-4; grading prizes ?100 each; biggest upset Euros 50 Enquiries Colin Byford - 353-1-2351620h cbyford@esatclear.ie Entries Frank Holohan 12 Rathdown Pk Greystones 353-1-2875368h 353-86-1612506m email frankholohan@eircom.net

Event website: http://www.brayrapidplay.com

6th Open du Parc

The 6th Open du Parc Chess Tournament takes place in the Jeen Chess Club in Paris, France FIDE rated 3rd-5th June 2006 . 1st prize : Euro 760 . 2e prize : Euro 460 . 3e prize : Euro 270 . 4e prize : Euro 150 . 5e prize : Euro 100 and more than 20 other prizes. . Tariff : Euro 32 / Euro 16 (Euro 38 / Euro 19 after 2006-05-24). Phone : 33 (0) 1 46 51 04 34 E-mail : jeen@free.fr

More information and registration form available athttp://jeen.online.fr/

39th Biel International Festival

The 39th Biel International Festival takes place 22nd July - 4th August 2006. There are two closed tournaments, one for men, one for ladies.

Players include: Alexander Morozevich who will try to win the event for the 3rd time out of 3 appearances.. Co-winner in 2005, Alexander Volokitin is back. In addition Teimour Radjabov Magnus Carlsen, Yannick Pelletier and Lazaro Bruzon compete. The women's event sees Almira Skripchenko, Ekaterina Atalik, Monika Socko, Yelena Dembo, Anna Muzychuk and Pia Cramling compete.

Official site: http://www.bielchessfestival.ch

2nd Alajuela Open

The 2nd Alajuela international open (Costa Rica) takes place 11th-16th July 2006.

Further details: http://www.alajuela2006.com/

IbeatGarry.com: The Six Degrees of Kasparov

If you've won a game that's appeared in Chessbase Megabase 2005 then find out a series of results which by separation means you beat Garry Kasparov! Fun stuff from Karlheinz Zoechling. I'm not in Megabase but have beaten someone who has a separation of two, giving me a separation of three!

Site: http://ibeatgarry.com/

15th Open International D’Echecs de Martigny

The 15th Open International D’Echecs de Martigny takes place 4th-7th August 2006.

Further detail: http://www.uve-wsb.ch/openmartigny/

IRT Buenos Aires

An IRT (International Rated Tournament) takes place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, organized by FAOGBA (Federación de Ajedrez del Oeste del Gran Buenos Aires) Federation of Chess of the West of Great Buenos Aires. Apr, 19th-May, 20th 2006. 11 players, average ELO 2118 (eight rated players) It takes place in the halls of the Italian Society of the city of Merlo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Official site: http://www.ajedrezfaogba.com.ar

15th Kavala Open

The 15th Kavala Open takes place 4th-11th August 2006. There is one (traditional) Open Tournament, which is at the same time the Greek Championships. This year they decided to form two groups with very low elo players competing separately, so as not to create great elo differences and discourage high-ranked players from participating (and being paired with a 1400 player, when a game loss, or draw might mean an "elo catastrophy") on a swiss tournament such as this one. This separation of low elos and the bigger ones is done for the first time in Greece, previously all competed in one tournament. The 1st group players will be eligible for Greek Open titles in men's and women's competitions.

Entries must be sent by fax to + 30.2510.226871 or by e-mail : vliog@tee.gr, not later than July 24th and should include full name, ELO Rating, telephone and dates of arrival and departure. Telephone communication : Vassilis Liogkas : +30.2510.622370 and 6977474684

Further info: http://www.chesskavala.gr orhttp://www.chesskavala.com

5th Knokke Open

The 5th Knokke Open International Chess Tournament takes place 12th-15th August 2006 The Belgium Chess Club 'Cnoc Is Ier' located at the coast city Knokke Belgium, the tournament accredited by the Flemish Chess Federation exists of 7 rounds 'Swiss system 2 hours K.O'.

Prize money provided for a total amount of 2275 Euro 1st prize: 750 euro - 2e prize: 375 euro - 3e prize: 200 euro 4e prize: 125 euro - 6e until 13e prize: 25 euro. The best youth player (born after 15 Aug. 1990): 50 euro - Best senior (born before 12 Aug. 1946): 50 euro

The participants who win no money prize will rewarded with a gift prize.

Tournament participation Before 31 July 2006 one pays 20 euro, afterwards 25 euro. Participation is for nobody free. Maximum 120 players are allowed. Registrations happen in order of recieved payment. Participants must present themselves on the 12 of Augusts between 10 and 12 O'clock.

Register by e-mail sk_knokke@hotmail.com

Further details:http://users.telenet.be/schaakknokke/SchaakClubKnokkeTornooiMain.htm

Dortmunder Sparkassen Chess Meeting

The Dortmunder Sparkassen Chess Meeting takes place 29th July - 6th August 2006. Players: Arkadij Naiditsch, Vladimir Kramnik, Levon Aronian, Peter Svidler, Peter Leko, Boris Gelfand, Michael Adams and Baadur Jobava.

Official site was http://www.chessgate.de/ last year.

Aarhus GM

The Grundfosis a GM-tournament cat. X-XI in Aarhus, Denmark, August 5th-13th 2006 with a special event on August 4.

There will also be an IM-tournament, cat. V (5 women vs. 5 men) and Soren Sogaard (soren@seagaard.dk) needs female players with an ELO between 2350 and 2450.

Canadian Open

The Canadian Open takes place July 15th-23rd 2006 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

Further details: http://www.chessfest.ca/can_open.htm

10th Anniversary of correspondencechess.com

correspondencechess.com is celebrating its 10th Anniversary. It has a 10th Anniversary Commemorative Coin:http://www.correspondencechess.com/coin.htm

Home of: Grandmaster V.V. Palciauskas' The World of Correspondence Chess Senior International Master Knudsen's The Correspondence Chess Place The Campbell Report Ralph Marconi's Chess Pages The Canadian Correspondence Chess Association (CCCA) American Postal Chess Tournaments (APCT) The Correspondence Chess Message Board (TCCMB) and much, much more!

Official site: http://www.correspondencechess.com/

15th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International

15th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International Dates: 23 September - 1 October 2006 Venue: Ocean Castle Hotel, Port Erin, Isle of Man Total Prize Fund: £17,500

Three sections: (1) Masters (9-round FIDE Rated swiss, ACP registered, GM/IM norms achievable, first prize £3,000) (2) Under 2000 / ECF grade 175 (7 round swiss, starts 25 Sept) (3) Under 1640 / ECF grade 130 (7 round swiss, starts 25 Sept)

Confirmed entries so far include nine 2600+ rated players (Korneev, Efimenko, Kobalia, Krasenkow, Volkov, Socko, Shabalov, Khenkin, Iordachescu, Landa) plus US women's champion Anna Zatonskih, etc.

For entry details, consult the tournament website (http://www.bcmchess.co.uk/monarch2006/index.html) or contact tournament director Dennis Hemsley, 3 Links Avenue, Port St Mary, Isle of Man IM9 5EY, tel. 44(0)1624 833742, fax 44(0)1624 833583, email chess@manx.net

Dutch Championship

The Dutch Championship takes place in Hilversum 16th June - 2nd July 2006.

Official site: http://www.schaakbond.nl/nieuws/nk2006/

Men's Event

  1. Ivan Sokolov Lelystad 2676 GM
  2. Sergei Tiviakov Groningen 2669 GM
  3. Loek van Wely Tilburg 2655 GM
  4. Jan Timman Amsterdam 2616 GM
  5. Friso Nijboer Amsterdam 2584 GM
  6. Erwin l' Ami Woerden 2565 GM
  7. Daniel Stellwagen Soest 2543 GM
  8. Jan Smeets Oegstgeest 2535 GM
  9. Jan Werle Groningen 2529 GM - elect
  10. John van der Wiel Voorschoten 2511 GM
  11. Yge Visser Groningen 2480 IM
  12. Jeroen Bosch Nijmegen 2465 IM

Women's Championship

  1. Zhao Qin Peng Rotterdam 2395 GM
  2. Tea Lanchava Winschoten 2380 IM
  3. Petra Schuurman Eindhoven 2258 FM
  4. Bianca Muhren Rosmalen 2253 WIM
  5. Marlies Bensdorp Maarssen 2251 WIM
  6. Linda Jap Tjoen San Den Haag 2191 WIM
  7. Mariska Bertholee-de Mie Haarlem2153
  8. Arlette van Weersel Etten Leur 2148
  9. Maartje de Jonge Utrecht 2136
  10. Pauline van Nies Zoetermeer 2107

Open Internet Chess Blitz Cup 2006

Central Chess Club, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and the Chess Assistant Club invites chess players and chess clubs from your country to take part in the Open Internet chess blitz Cup dedicated to 50 year jubilee of the Central Chess Club (Moscow) for the prizes of FIDE president Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.

The prize-winning fund of the Cup makes 10 000 USD that will be played off in 10 qualifying tournaments (April 1 - May 3) and 2 final tournaments (May 6 and 10). The closing ceremony and winners rewarding will be made by Kirsan Ilyumzhinov in May during the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin (Italy).

The Cup tournaments will be held at Chess Assistant playing zone (www.ChessAssistant.com).

E-mail for contacts: info@chessassistantclub.com

Regulations: http://www.chessassistantclub.com/botv_50.html

Christophe Bouton Chess Blog

Christophe Bouton has started a chess blog in French at:http://echecs64.blog.20minutes.fr/

4th Solingen chess weeks

The 4th Solingen chess weeks will be held in Solingen (Germany) June 10th- June 18th. Festival consists of Blitz tournament (June 10th, 22 games (11 rounds with 2 games));

Rapid Tournament (9 rounds, 20 min/game) will take place June 11th.

Main tournaments are two Open from June 15th to 18th; 7 rounds Swiss system 2h/40+ 1h/ Rest; A-tournament is open for all players and Elo-rated. Top prizes 800/500/400 euros

B-tournament is open for all players with a rating below 2000; top prizes 300/200/150 euros

Further information: Andreas Peschel: 0175-5912407; peschel@schachgesellschaft.de

Tournament site: http://www.schachwochen.de

Czech Tour 2006/2007

There is new information about the Czech Tour 2006/2007 including:

CZECH OPEN 2006 17th International Festival of Chess, Bridge and Games European Amateurs Championship in Chess Pardubice 13th-30th July 2006, Czech Republic

2nd WORLD SCHOOL CHESS TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIP Tournaments for school chess teams in categories U12, U14, U16 Pardubice, July 12th-20th, 2006

6th ZNOJMO OPEN (the Dukla hotel and Monastery of Louka) 13th-21st May 2006 .

9th OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER (the Sigma hotel) 2nd-10th August 2006.

3rd HIGHLANDS OPEN (Havlickuv Brod, the Slunce hotel) 23rd September - 1st October 2006.

7th LIBEREC OPEN (the Liberec hotel) 11th-18th November 2006.

6th PRAGUE OPEN (TOP HOTEL Praha) 11th-18th January 2007.

6th MARIENBAD OPEN (the Evropa hotel) 19th-27th January 2007.

Further details: http://www.czechtour.net or Dr. Jan Mazuch, Director of CZECH OPEN & CZECH TOUR - j.mazuch@avekont.cz

In addition there is the 27th Tournament of Chess Hopes and 17th Pobeskydi Tournament organised by the town of Frydek-Mistek 13th-17th April 2006.

Further details: http://www.chessfm.cz

Computer chess calendar

New updates to the Computer chess calendar with the latest official computer chess tournaments and an updated PGN database. The latest events added:

  1. CCT-8 2006, Rybka won
  2. IPCCC 2005, Rybka won
  3. Dutch-open 2005, Zappa won
  4. WCCC, Zappa won
  5. Australasian NCC-ch 2005, Bodo won
  6. Polish-ch, Gosu won

Next events are: 06th International CSVN Tournament Leiden, 2006-05-05 up to 2006-05-07 14th WCCC Torino, 2006-05-25 up to 2006-06-01 Please note: The information are now again available under the older domain:http://www.amateurschach.de (selection: CC-Calendar).

The *.pgn database with official computer chess tournaments have now 8.673 games and 726 games from older tournaments (time before 1990).

21st North Sea Cup

The Esbjerg Chess Union organises the 21st North Sea Cup July 8th-15th 2006.

Further information and registration: Jens Nielsen, Storegade 66, 6700 Esbjerg, (+45)75123975, e-mail: Jerneif@get2net.dk. Registration not later than Sunday July 2nd.

Further details: http://www.northseacup.dk/nsc2006/2index.htm

30th Blackpool Chess Conference

The 30th Blackpool Chess Conference took place 10th-12th March 2006. Open results Results from the 30th Blackpool Chess Conference, 10-12 March 2006, held at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England 1st= on 4.5/5 GM Mark Hebden & John Merriman £550 each 3rd Lawrence Trent 4/5 £200

Official site: http://www.blackpoolchess.org.uk/

Hungarian tournaments April-December 2006

1. 23rd- 31st of March 22nd Budapest SPRING FESTIVAL 9 rounds Swiss Open org.: NL.

2. 1st-14th of April, GM-IM-FM round robins, 9-13 games, norm possibilities, in Budapest, Hungarian Chess Federation, Falk Miksa Str.10. 2nd floor. Organisation: Nagy Laszlo, FIDE International Chess Organizer /NL/, E-mail: firstsat@hu.inter.net Website: http://www.firstsaturday.hu Other website: http://home.hu.inter.net/~firstsat Phone-fax: +(361)-2632859, cellphone: +(36)-30-230-1914 /From 12:00 a.m. until midnight - Central European Time - GMT+1 hour/..

3. 15th-23rd of April Kecskemet, IM tmt, org: Dr.Erdelyi, Tamas, e-mail: postmaster@caissa.t-online.hu Website: www.caissachessbooks.hu Usually also in the second half of the month IM tmt-s in Kecskemet. 100 km South from Budapest.

4. 6th - 18th of May, Budapest, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM, org.NL.

5.. 20th-30th of May, Budapest, ELEKES memorial GM-IM closed tmt, org.IM Zsinka, e-mail: zsinkala@axelero.hu

6. 19th-27th of May, ZALAKAROS Open, 9 rounds Swiss, Info: IM Horvath, Tamas, e-mail: mssz@zalaszam.hu website: www.csutisk.hu

7. 3rd-16th of June, FIRST SATURDAY GM /cat.VII and cat IX together/ - IM-FM closed tournaments, Budapest, Org.NL.

8.. 17th-25th of June, BALATONLELLE Open, GM-IM closed, 130 km West from Budapest, org. IM RIGO, e-mail: me-ri@t-online.hu Website: www.lellechess.tar.hu

9.. 1st-13th of July, FIRST SATURDAY GM-IM-FM closed, Bp. Org.NL,

10. 15th-23rd of July, AGRIA Open 9 rounds Swiss, Eger, 100 km North from Budapest, Org. RAUCH Ferenc, e-mail: rauch@freemail.hu

11.. 24th-30th of July, SZOMBATHELY SUMMER Open 9 rounds Swiss, 300 km West from Budapest, Org: FM KORPICS, Zsolt, e-mail: korpicschess@axelero.hu

13. 5th-17th of August, FIRST SATURDAY, Bp, GM /cat.XII-IX-VII/ - IM-FM closed, Org: NL.

14. 21st -29th of August, TALENTUM Kupa, Open, Zamárdi , org. Valis János. E-mail: husi_sc@hu.inter.net

15. 2nd-14th of September FS GM-IM Budapest, org.Nagy László

16. 7th-19th of October, FS GM-IM, Bp. Org.Nagy László.

17. 4th-16th of November FS GM-IM-FM closed tmt, info NL.

18. Second half of November, TENKES KUPA, Harkány, 250 km South West from Budapest, Organizer: Mr FULOP, Csaba E-mail: fulopcsa@invitel.hu

19. 2nd-15th of December, FS GM-IM-FM, info NL.

6th Znojmo Open

The 6th International Chess Festival Znojmo Open 2006 takes place 13th-21st May 2006 in Znojmo (the Czech Republic). Among others European Women Rapid Chess Championship (the prize fund 5 000 EUR), FIDE open, The Znojmo Little Queen and Open Championship of the Southmoravian chess federation in active chess will be a part of the festival.

Contact: Dr. Jan Mazuch, Director of CZECH OPEN & CZECH TOUR - j.mazuch@avekont.cz

Website for the Czech Tour: http://www.czechopen.net

Free "How good is your chess" articles in German

For German Readers The excellent series "How good is your chess", written by the english Grandmaster Daniel King, appears also in the german language as "Test & Training". You can download a free sample in the section "Training" at http://www.schach-magazin.de

Vladimir Kramnik vs. Deep Fritz Match Announced

Vladimir Kramnik will play the ChessBase computer program Deep Fritz in a 6 game match 25th November - 5th December 2006 in the German’s Art and Exhibition Hall in Bonne. Kramnik stands to win a prize of $1 Million US for a win in the match doubling his starting fee.

Asked how he estimates his chances, Kramnik reacted cautiously: "Fritz examines millions of moves per second. It is extraordinarily difficult to play against such a calculating monster. Right from the start you are walking on a very narrow ridge, and you know that any inattentiveness will be your downfall. It is a scientific experiment and I will have to fight very hard for my chance." The WCC is being organized by Universal Event Promotion (UEP), in cooperation with the Art and Exhibition Hall.

Schedule: Game 1: Saturday 25.11.2006 16h Game 2: Monday 27.11.2006 16h Game 3: Wednesday 29.11.2006 16h Game 4: Friday 01.12.2006 16h Game 5: Sunday 03.12.2006 16h Game 6: Tuesday 05.12.2006 16h During the entire period of the match the Art and Exhibition Hall will offer a varied program.

Information: http://www.bundeskunsthalle.de

Battle of Senta 1697 Chess Festival

The 10th Anniversary Chess Festival "The Battle of Senta 1697" takes place 21st-30th July 2006. Events: A Main tournament, B tournament, rapid-transit ( ,, Blitz ,, ) tournament, rapid-transit tournament, children’s rapid-transit tournament, women’s rapid-transit tournament

Information, registration for tournaments and private accommodation bookings at Seles Ambrus, 27 Fruskogorska street, 24400 Senta Serbia-Montenegro . Telephone number : +381-24-813-251 or mob. +381-63-8-754-713, E-mail : kajari@sksyu.net , szelescs@sabotronic.co.yu, novaklaslo@ptt.yu, brindzai@stcable.co.yu.

Further details: http://www.chess-senta.org.yu/

Politiken Cup

The Copenhagen Chess Festival, including the Politiken Cup will take place 22nd-30th July 2006. Nigel Short has already agreed to participate.

Further details: http://www.politikencup.dk/

3rd South Wales International

The 3rd South Wales International Chess Tournament takes place 8-13 July 2006.

Official site: http://www.southwaleschess.co.uk/SWI/

Brno Chess Festival

The Brno Chess Festival takes place in the Czech Republic, 30th June - 9th July 2006.

Events: A. Grandmasters close tournament 30.6.-9.7.2006 SKANSKA BRNO 2006 B. 2 masters close tournament 30.6.-9.7.2006 DS BRNO 2006 and ZS BRNO 2006 C. Open tournament FIDE 1.7.-9.7.2006 OPEN DURAS BVK FIDE D. Open tournament national 1.7.-9.7.2006 OPEN DURAS BVK national E. Open blitz tournament 8.7.2006 Memorial Vaclav Felix F. Simultaneous games 5.7.2006

Further details: http://www.skduras.wz.cz/indexe.htm

World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad

The World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad takes place in 5th-13th August 2006 in Dogubeyazit, Agri Turkey.

Official site: http://www.tsf.org.tr

Andrew Martin Chess Academy

The Official web site for the Andrew Martin Chess Academy goes live on Wednesday, March 1st featuring A Game Annotation Service A personal on-line tuition and coaching service A regular newsletter A Series of (real OTB) tournaments for Children under 14 years.

Official site: http://www.andrewmartinchessacademy.com/ (http://www.andrewmartinchessacademy.com/main.php)

XIX edition of the Ciudad de León

The XIX edition of the Ciudad de León chess tournament takes place 8th-12th June 2006 at the Junta de Castilla y León building in León, Spain.

Players: Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Paco Vallejo and Lázaro Bruzón.

There will be 2 semi finals (June 9th and June 10th) and a final (June 11th)

Official sites: http://www.advancedchessleon.com and/or http://www.elajedrezdelfuturo.com

Spanish Championship

The Spanish closed and open Championships will be held in León November 22nd-30th 2006. The Hotel Conde Luna from León will be the venue and the official hotel of the organization.

2nd San Marino Open

The 2nd San Marino International Chess Open takes place in the Republic of San Marino June 5th-11th 2006, at the end of the Turin World Chess Olympiad. Prize fund € 40.000, 1st prize € 10.000. For any related information visit the internet website http://www.sanmarinoscacchi.sm

For further info: info@sanmarinoscacchi.sm

Las Vegas Masters

Las Vegas Masters Chess Tournament June 10th-14th, 2006

School House Chess Center, Las Vegas, USA FIDE rated, 9 round Swiss, open to players rated FIDE 2200 and higher. $3,800 prize fund, free entry to GMs and non-US IMs.

Website: http://www.clarkcountychessclub.com/masters/. Info: Chris Bird, (702)575-0635, chris@clarkcountychessclub.com.

National Open

National Open Chess Tournament June 16th-18th, 2006

Riviera Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, USA 6 round Swiss, 8 sections: Open, U2200, U2000, U1800, U1600, U1400, U1200 and Unrated. Estimated $100,000 total prize fund! Free entry to GMs. Side events include Susan Polgar World Championship for Girls and National Open Blitz Championship.

Website: http://www.lvchessfestival.com

Alushta Tournaments

01.02.06 Tournaments in Alushta:

GM Norm: 29.04-9.05, 11.05-21.05, 23.05-1.06, 2.06-12.06, 16.06-26.06, 2.09-12.09, 14.09-24.09, 26.09–6.10,

IM Norm: 29.04-9.05, 11.05-21.05, 23.05-1.06, 2.06-12.06, 16.06-26.06, 2.09-12.09, 14.09-24.09, 26.09–6.10,

Rating tournament: 5.06-13.06, 23.06–27.06

Open tournament (under 16 years) First prize - 200$ 14.06-22.06, Swiss 9 rounds.

Open tournament First prize - 1000$ First prize (woman)- 500$: 28.06-6.07, Swiss 9 rounds. Open tournament (rapid chess) 7.07–8.07, Swiss 9 rounds. Blitz tournament 9.07. Session of school of Gennadi Kuzmin 23.06–27.06. Individual and group studying.

Further information: http://www.kaissa.com.ua phone +38 (06560)5-05-32, +380505828911 (for Russian speaking) + 38 050 669-26-04 (for English speaking) e-mail: info@kaissa.com.ua

20th Pula Open 2006

The 20th Pula Open (Croatia) takes place 18th-25th June 2006.

Further details and entry: http://www.skpula.hr/

GM against the World - Olympiads of Chess, Turin 2006

The second GM against the World game on the Olympiad site will be GM Misho Cebalo (Croatia) and he it start on Monday, January 9th. Just Register on the Olympiad website and wait to receive your password by email. Then Enter the game in PlayArea/play on line

Further details: http://www.chessolympiad-torino2006.org

Lodi International Chess Festival

The 2nd Festival Scacchistico Internazionale "Città di Lodi" takes place in Lodi, Italy, 5th-11th June 2006. Prize fund Euros20.000,00.

Further details: http://www.lenuvole.org/ or scacchi@lenuvole.org

14th Donau Open

The 14th Donau Open took place 26th-31st December 2005. I couldn't get the official site: http://www.aschach.info/schach/english.htm to work correctly.

Asian Youth Championships

The Asian Youth Championships took place in New Delhi December 7th-14th 2005.

Games, Results, photos are available athttp://www.delhichess.com.

Davos Festival 2006

Swiss Chess Tour Davos Festival 2006 with Viktor Korchnoi playing the first time in individual senior championship

The "Swiss Chess Tour 2006" will continue in Davos with Chess Summer Festival from August 5-13, 2006. Main event will be the 6th European Individual Senior Championship. The second tournament will be 5. Davos Open. The first time Davos host an official event. Just to remind, Davos is one of the most popular tourist places in Europe (summer and winter), with specific micro clime, unique in the world.

6th European Individual Senior Championship, August 7th to 13th 2006. "Sunstar Park Hotel" (4 stars) will be host festival in the new, comfortable Congress Center. Swiss system, 9 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 6 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 60 minutes till the end). Valid for FIDE titles and rating: FIDE, Swiss (SSB) and German (DWZ). Seniors: men born 1945 and earlier; women born 1955 and earlier. Prize (men): 2.500/1.700/1.000/700/600/500/2x400/2x300 SF. 3 group rating prize (200/150/100 SF). Women: 400/300/3x200 SF; Entry fee 70 SF; at the door 10 SF more. Time table: Rounds 1 15.00-21.00 August 5th; Round 2/8 9.30-15.30 August 6th-12th; Round 9 9.30-15.30 August 13th.

5th Davos Open, 7 rounds and the games will last a maximum of 6 hours (40 moves for 2 hours and 60 minutes till the end). Prize are: 1.500 SF, 1.200, 900, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200 and 150 SF. Natural prizes for 4 and more points. Special prizes for best Lady, best local player. Entry fee 140 SF, FMs and juniors 70 SF, GMs and IMs free; juniors lodging at Sunstar Park Hotel free; at the door 10 SF more. Time table: Rounds 1 15.00-21.00 August 6th; Round 2/7 16.00-22.00 August 7th-12th. Venue: "Sunstar Park Hotel" Congress Center. Closing ceremony August 13th, 4 p.m. Unbelievable chess-rates. Info Beochess: +41+62+9654-650 (Robert Spoerri) beochess@bluewin.ch orhttp://www.beochess.ch orhttp://yubc.net/~yuchess

Iranian Super League

The second Season of the Iranian Super League starts from 3rd October 2005. News: Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh.

Further details:http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/asp/turniere.asp?tnr=2350&lan=1 and http://www.iranchess.com/indexen.htm

Seagaard ChessReviews

Soren Sogaard has announced that his site Seagaard ChessReviews will be updated after receiving a lot of positive e-mails, "I decided to try to keep running the site. I also got two new reviewers, and the well known danish IM Steffen Pedersen reviews his first book." He'll see if he can keep it going another 6 months.

Website: http://seagaard.dk/review

Mezezers International Open 2006

The Mezezers International Open 2006 (110 km from Riga Latvia) takes place 1st-6th July 2005.

Details; http://www.mezezers.viss.lv

Jovan Petronic Website

Jovan Petronic has a new website with some news on it.

http://www.jovanpetronic.com/chessnews.htm

New RSS Chess Website

Chess Samizdat is a new portal which offers free syndicated chess content to the world via JS and RSS feed.

http://www.correspondencechess.com/samizdat/

European Team Championship

In addition to Olympiad history there is now European Team Championship history (1957-2005) available at: http://www.olimpbase.org

Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship

Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship, 2005-2006 The starter round of this competition has now finished and the solution to the starter problem, and other details, is available at the website:http://www.bstephen.freeuk.com/0506/bcsc.html

Peter Leko Official Site

Peter Leko now has a web site. http://www.lekochess.com/

1st ICCF Webchess Open Tournament

The ICCF have announced the 1st WebChess Open Tournament and invites every player worldwide to participate in the event. The event is to be played on the ICCF dedicated Webserver http://www.iccf-webchess.com. This tournament is open to all correspondence chess players worldwide, also for those without any previous ICCF experience. Multiple entries are allowed. The tournament will be played in three stages - preliminaries, semifinal and final.

Details: http://www.iccf-webchess.com/Message.aspx?message=19

Russia vs ROW Correspondence

The Russian Chess Federation is celebrating its 10th anniversary and is using this occasion to challenge the rest of the world to a match over 64 boards with 2 games for each and the start is 15.02 2004. Players include Joop van Oosterom

http://www.mychessweb.com/Tables/Internationale/Play/russia-world.htm

TWIC Messageboard

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